Latest Florida Headlines
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Fla. Law Enforcement Vet to Lead Fraud Division
Jul 7 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that a veteran law enforcement officer with more than 22 years of municipal and state experience has been tapped to take over as director of Florida’s...
Fla. Returns Record Amount of Unclaimed Property
Jul 7 2004 // The Department of Financial Services continues to return record amounts of unclaimed property to the rightful owners, according to Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher. Gallagher announced that during the...
Fla. CFO Commends Governor, Lawmakers for Ending Abusive Practices in Annuities Sales
Jul 6 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has applauded Governor Bush and state lawmakers for enacting legislation which puts an end to abusive sales practices used by unscrupulous insurance agents selling...
Fla. Gov. Bush Participates in HSA Meeting
Jul 6 2004 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Floridians for Health Care Choices recently hosted a town hall meeting in Jacksonville to provide an opportunity for federal and state healthcare experts to educate employers and employees on the...
Homeowners in Hurricane Paths Hit with High Insurance Costs
Jul 5 2004 // Retired police officers Ed and Nancy McCue are thinking about leaving their dream home near the shores of Biscayne Bay because it’s in a prime area for hurricanes. It’s not the storm threat itself that’s...
Fla. Unveils 2002 Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
Jun 29 2004 // More than 245,000 injuries and illnesses were reported by Florida employers in 2002, according to a joint federal and state survey released this month. In Florida, more than 10,000 employers participated in the joint...
Fla. CFO Applauds Gov. Bush, Lawmakers for Enacting Consumer Friendly Legislation Effective July 1
Jun 29 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher commended state policymakers this week for passing important legislation during the 2004 Session aimed at helping insurance consumers. After hearing from thousands of...
AIR Unveils CLASIC/2 System
Jun 28 2004 // AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the 2004 release of CLASIC/2, its interactive desktop system for catastrophe risk assessment and management. The latest release includes enhancements that reportedly improve...
Summit Global Partners Plans Fla. Acquisitions
Jun 25 2004 // Insurance brokerage and consulting firm Summit Global Partners of Florida Inc. announced the promotion of two key executives as part of its expansion plans in the State. Gary Morris has been named chief operating officer...
Fla. Responds to PIA Request to Protect Soldiers
Jun 23 2004 // Florida officials are responding to a call by the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) making it clear that no insurance company should deny auto coverage to U.S. Armed Forces personnel, or raise their rates,...
FLORIDA CFO WARNS OF HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS:
Jun 21 2004 // With explosive state population growth and experts predicting the formation of more than 12 named Atlantic storms, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher issued a warning recently to Floridians to prepare....
Florida Wraps Up Workers’ Comp Compliance Sweep
Jun 20 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the completion of a sweep of construction sites across Florida to verify that employers are complying with state workers’ compensation insurance...
Fla. Doctors Fed Up with Med-Mal Costs
Jun 18 2004 // Dr. Rene Loyola says he has given up just about everything to keep practicing medicine. The surgeon owns no home or land, and has no savings other than a retirement plan after 29 years in the profession. He says he...
Speakers Celebrate FAIA’s 100th Anniversary
Jun 18 2004 // Orlando – From Capt. Scott O’Grady who survived six days in hostile territory after his F-16 was shot down enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia. To IIABA’s President Louise “Bebe” Canter and...
Fla. Insurers Asked to Waive Guidelines for Military
Jun 17 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has announced that he is urging state regulators to require insurance companies operating in Florida to give special consideration to service personnel who experience...
LIG Marine Managers’ Greenway Receives MIASF’s 2004 Award of Excellence
Jun 15 2004 // Marine Industries of South Florida (MIASF) awarded Ian Greenway, president and CEO of LIG Marine Managers, a 2004 Award of Excellence for his service to the marine industry on the Longshore & Harbor Workers...
Fla. CFO Taps Dunbar to Serve as General Counsel
Jun 15 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that Pete Dunbar, a 30-year law veteran who has served as a state representative and as general counsel for former Governor Bob Martinez, has been chosen to...
Fla. CFO Releases Annual Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 14 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has released the Department of Financial Services’ annual Top 10 Fraud List, which summarizes 10 of the costliest or boldest securities, financial and insurance...
Fla. Temporary Staffing Company Ordered to Halt Work
Jun 9 2004 // A St. Augustine, Florida temporary staffing company which employed visiting Russian college students has been ordered to cease business operations after state investigators with the Department of Financial Services...
Florida Legislative Session Productive for Industry, Lobbyists Claim
Jun 7 2004 // Ask insurance industry lobbyists in Tallahassee to describe this year’s legislative session, and they’re likely to agree that it was a “very productive” session. Lawmakers enacted major pieces of...
